Foraging ecology of sea kraits Laticauda spp. in the Neo-Caledonian Lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 145-151

  Brischoux, François ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Shine, Richard ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging habitat; Foraging range; Sea snakes

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; LAGOON; MOVEMENT; SNAKE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 37849046887     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07133     Document Type: Article

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